Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) by Mrmoviebuff — 15 Nov 2016

'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows' is almost as unbearable as its 2014 predecessor, if not, maybe worse. The film contains the same tacked-on humor, lame CGI that looks like it was from a 20 year old Pixar film, and characters that could not be more one-dimensional if the screenwriters tried.

We see the four turtles return once again, Leonardo (Pete Ploszek), Raphael (Alan Ritchson), Donatello (Jeremy Howard) and Michelangelo (Noel Fisher) seem to be shocked to discover at how much credit that Vern (Will Arnett) is taking after taking down the Shredder in the previous battle.

Since they have to remain unseen to the public, some of them find it hard to cope with saving the world and not being rewarded for it. All the public would do is shut them out for looking like hideous monsters even though they mean no harm.

April O'Neil (Megan Fox) is also back, and she is planning to find out more information about the mysterious Dr. Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and what he might be doing with some chemicals at the TCRI lab.

When she finally does discover what he is truly up to, it's not good news, especially for the turtles as well as the innocent people. Some new additions to the sequel include Casey Jones (Stephen Amell from 'Arrow'), the fan favorites; Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (Sheamus) as well as adding Laura Linney as Chief Rebecca Vincent, who often looks down on Casey, who wants to prove to her that he can be a worthy cop.

The Shredder (Brian Tee) manages to escape jail and plans to threaten the city once again... only this time, the turtles seem to have trouble hiding themselves from the public. Everywhere they go, there is always this concern that they might expose themselves to anyone who aren't familiar with them.

The film, once again, is not directed by Michael Bay (he remains as producer), but is directed by Dave Green. However, it's hard to ignore that it still feels like a Michael Bay directed action movie.

The typical slow-motion explosions, the out-of-place humor (we get more fart jokes again), proving that Megan Fox is nothing more than eye-candy, and some unusual camera techniques that were only unique to a Michael Bay-directed movie.

Never has a movie failed to gain my attention, but 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows' might just get that reward.